IMC 2023: Sessions

Session 805: Canon Law, I: Law-Making and Making Law in the Earlier Middle Ages

Sponsor:	Iuris Canonici Medii Aevi Consociatio (ICMAC)
Organisers:	Greta Austin, Department of Religion, University of Puget Sound, Washington Kathleen Cushing, Department of History, Keele University
Moderator/Chair:	Bruce C. Brasington, Department of History, West Texas A&M University, Canyon
Paper 805-a	Penance and Penitential Law in Three Cases of Synodal Legislation in Carolingian Lombardy (Language: English) Giulia Laboranti, Independent Scholar, Pavia Index terms: Canon Law, Ecclesiastical History, Law
Paper 805-b	Episcopal Office and Gregorian Authority in 10th-Century England (Language: English) Edward Roberts, School of History, University of Kent Index terms: Canon Law, Ecclesiastical History, Law, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 805-c	Negotiating Law in 10th- and 11th-Century Church Councils (Language: English) Kathleen Cushing, Department of History, Keele University Index terms: Canon Law, Ecclesiastical History, Law, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Abstract	This session examines the making of Church law at the level of synods, councils, and bishops in the earlier Middle Ages. It considers how authoritative texts were received and how legal precedent was actively shaped. Focusing particularly on the roles of bishops and councils, the session asks questions around how individuals used legal texts to construct, establish, and expound their differing interpretations of authority.